Planning Center Help
Create a powerful and evangelical digital ecosystem that’s less about maintaining an institution and more about cultivating community, formation, and following Jesus.
Real, local faith community remain the church’s ‘secret weapon of love.’
AND - there needs to be a pathway between ‘meeting online’ and ‘worshiping together in person’.
There needs to be real, actual ministry that is fully digital (some people will not - or cannot - ever come to church).
Planning Center is church management software that does much more than ‘manage’.
It’s a digital office and ‘home base’ that helps build relationships with members - and their relationship with God.
And I’m here to help!
I offer a course and consulting package called ‘Ditch Your Church Website’ - using Planning Center and Substack together to create a thriving digital ecosystem for today’s church - and world.
Find more here…
The course - and consulting - focus on 9 ‘Points’ - 6 Planning Center Points, and 3 Substack points.
You can focus on just one Platform, though!
These are the Planning Center Points:
Planning Center (PCO) (6 points)
‘What time was that meeting again?’
Move from calendar clutter no one sees to targeted events everyone needs, using PCO Calendar and Publishing.From Announcement to Belonging
Instead of a static bulletin board (your old website), create a doorway into relationship with God and one another. Use PCO Groups and Calendar to create real community: people get the info they need (and not what they don’t), know how to join, what to expect, and how to stay connected.What Digital Ministry Can Really Mean
It’s not just live streaming your worship service! Design sign-ups and registrations that give a sense of belonging to digital (and in-person) members, using PCO Registrations and Groups.No More Generic ‘Contact Us’ Forms!
Replace black-hole forms with specific pastoral pathways that lead to immediate response - and ongoing relationship, using PCO Automations, Tasks, and Forms.What It Means to Be a Member in Today’s Church
Move beyond Member/not Member into a spectrum of categories that reflect the multiple ways people can be in relationship with your community, using PCO Customized Fields, Lists, and Automations.No One Walks Cold into Your Church
They want to know something about you first. And they want you to know something about them. ‘Communication’ is not just output - it’s a conversation. Start new conversations online with those who are new - and deepen the conversation with longtime members - using PCO Workflows, Email Templates, and Automation.
Sign up for the course here:
And learn more about Consulting:
The Assessment
$250
Schedule a one hour consultation and roadmap-building session. If you’re new to Substack or PCO -
or you’re using these platforms but need direction about how to best use them for more dynamic ministry
- let’s go through where you are, and create some steps to get you where you want to be.
The Assessment cost is automatically deducted from any Bundle of ‘Done with you’ or ‘Done for you’ services.
Done with you
$250 per point
You do the work, I guide you.
We work through one of the 9 points together in a session. Includes session recordings and notes, plus directions to specific PCO training resources.
Discounted ‘bundled’ rates for multiple points. Focus on only the features - in either Substack or PCO - that you want to maximize for your ministry.
Schedule a 30-minute video call to talk about the details…
Done for you
$500 per point
Free Range Priest builds it for you. Using tested templates, customized for your ministry.. Includes a walk through so you can maintain it yourself.
Schedule a 30-minute video call to talk about the details…
The 9 points
each point is a module in the course, and a unique consulting area that you can mix, match, and bundle
Planning Center (PCO) (6 points)
‘What time was that meeting again?’
Move from calendar clutter no one sees to targeted events everyone needs, using PCO Calendar and Publishing.
From Announcement to Belonging
Instead of a static bulletin board (your old website), create a doorway into relationship with God and one another. Use PCO Groups and Calendar to create real community: people get the info they need (and not what they don’t), know how to join, what to expect, and how to stay connected.
What Digital Ministry Can Really Mean
It’s not just live streaming your worship service! Design sign-ups and registrations that give a sense of belonging to digital (and in-person) members, using PCO Registrations and Groups.
No More Generic ‘Contact Us’ Forms!
Replace black-hole forms with specific pastoral pathways that lead to immediate response - and ongoing relationship, using PCO Automations, Tasks, and Forms.
What It Means to Be a Member in Today’s Church
Move beyond Member/not Member into a spectrum of categories that reflect the multiple ways people can be in relationship with your community, using PCO Customized Fields, Lists, and Automations.
No One Walks Cold into Your Church
They want to know something about you first. And they want you to know something about them. ‘Communication’ is not just output - it’s a conversation. Start new conversations online with those who are new - and deepen the conversation with longtime members - using PCO Workflows, Email Templates, and Automation.
Substack (3 points)
Move Your Church’s Digital Doorway to a Place of Welcome
Don’t just host a static bulletin board about your ministry - create a place where ministry actually happens. Move your ministry domain (url) to Substack and customize the settings for engaging ministry.
Here’s How to Bring Church to People
Turn ‘announcements’ into a pastoral, theological, and evangelical publication that grows an email list and nurtures discipleship, using Substack Settings and Formatting (+ connect your PCO Pages through Church Center).
Build a Meaningful Bridge between ‘Digital’ and ‘In-person’ Community.
Digital members are still members! Connect with them - and those in your pews - with Substack Notes, Chats, Live streams, Welcome Emails, and Paid Subscriptions (+ the pros/cons of ‘Chat’ and ‘Paid Subscriptions’ between PCO and Substack).
Bundle Pricing
Not everyone is ready to do everything at once - or ever! Bundle the 9 points and get the help you need where you want it
Substack only (all 3 points):
Done-With-You $600 (save $150)
Done-For-You $1,200 (save $300)PCO only (all 6 points):
Done-With-You $1,350 (save $150)
Done-For-You $2,700 (save $300)Full build, all 9 points:
Done-With-You $1,800 (save $450)
Done-For-You $3,600 (save $900)
All bundles include the Online Course for free!
Already purchased the course?
Cost credit applied to any ‘Done with you’ or ‘Done for you’ bundle
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Creating your own, customized and dynamic digital platform with Substack and PCO makes it easier - and way more JOYful! - to Bring Church to People.
At Free Range Priest, we’re bringing church to people.
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